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Letters from Palestine |
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I seldom read books from cover to cover. But when Kenneth Ring sent me his Letters from Palestine with a note saying "Here's my baby," I couldn’t put it down. |
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US Muslims: painting a true picture of America |
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Washington- My country is facing many challenges. It now stands literally at an unprecedented and dangerous crossroads. America is being torn this way and that by those on the left and the right; by older, more settled families and new immigrants; by Democrats and Republicans. The very livelihood an |
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The Other Occupation (3): Tunb refugees dream of returning home |
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Kaltham al Tamimi’s home is a struggle to find. The Emirati – she does not know her age, but says she is older than 70 – lives inside a labyrinthine district in RAK, filled with small shops and bare villas. Shabeyat Tunb was built to house many of the families evicted from their homes in Greater Tun |
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Freedom flotilla’: Saudi activists up rhetoric |
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The Saudi "Civil and Political Rights Association" issued on Friday a lengthy scathing statement regarding the "the interior ministry’s prevention of a peaceful sit-in" scheduled for last Thursday in Riyadh to denounce the siege on Gaza and the “Freedom flotilla" massacre. |
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Afghan Jirga: Talk to the Taliban |
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The jirga’s key accomplishments are significant: It decided to create a permanent council to explore the opening of peace negotiations, and it’s possible that current or former members of the Taliban could take part in that council. It called on the Taliban to cut ties with Al Qaeda, a call widely s |
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Al-Qaeda turns to mafia tactics in Mosul |
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MOSUL, Iraq-The street emptied at the sound of gunfire, the men scattering in separate directions. A corpse was left behind, the lone victim of the shooting. After a few hours, someone covered its face with a sheet of paper - a gesture of respect for the dead. |
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If You Can't Beat Hamas... |
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President Obama and Israel have no chance of marginalizing Hamas through wars, blockades, diplomatic exclusion, or military and economic support for the Fatah. Their only hope is advancing the peace process and robbing Hamas of its cause to resist. |
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Afghanistan: NATO's Graveyard? |
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NATO will limp along much as the British and Soviet empires did after their misadventures in Central Asia. These were dead empires walking. NATO may be in this category as well. It just doesn't know it yet. |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation: The Missing Words |
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Obama declared, 'Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow'. The truth required him to say all nations 'with the exception of Israel'. Until an American President is prepared to abandon the double-standard at the heart of US policy, there can be no hope for peace in the Middle East and far |
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The Comic Genius of Netanyahu |
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Nearly every offensive remark he makes about Iran and Palestine can be flung back in his face because Israel is no better and in most respects far worse. Netanyahu’s speech to the UN was the most hilarious example in history of the pot calling the kettle black. |
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